I believe in dreaming. It is a very valuable thing to do. In fact, I also believe in manifesting what you want. But, alas, there are some shortcomings with only doing this.

All results come from action.

Dreaming and manifesting alone will not do it. The Law of Attraction without Action will not produce the result you want.

I know, it’s disappointing, but it is true.

On top of that, it seems that many people are concerned overly much about being mistake free. So concerned that they fail to take action instead spend an inordinate amount of time on dreaming, planning, research and calculations. No results come from any of those efforts. Note, all of them are important.

Sometimes all of our digital capabilities makes this issues even worse. It allows us to spend even more time on these “non-result producing efforts.

In World War 2 a submarine captain had to be very certain his vessel was properly aimed before he fired. He could (should) spend hours making certain he had a high probability of success before he fired. That’s because the torpedo worked much like a bullet. You have to have the proper aim before you pull the trigger.

If that were the case with you, you would need to behave the same way.

Today a torpedo has a guidance system.

This a very good thing. It allows the captain to take action now and not spend any time dreaming, planning, researching and making calculations. There is no time!

The captain must fire quickly and guide the missile afterwards. If not, he could be too late and late has serious consequences in his business.

In WW2, a captain had to wait, wait and wait before taking action. Why? If he fired too soon, he would likely miss and expend his resources in a futile cause.

Now, a sub captain must fire ASAP. Why? If he takes the time to think, plan and study, he is likely to lose his ship and all the crew to the enemy.

Far too many people use the WW2 technique to run their business affairs. They do not seem to realize that if they wait to act, it could be too late.

However, today’s world is much like the world of the modern day submarine captain. Sure, not life and death perhaps, but very fast moving nonetheless.

You simply must take immediate action, and adjust afterwards.

You can not take the time to plan, plot and ponder first.

I had the opportunity to discuss this with a colleague the other day. She was lamenting about a friends constant “getting ready to get ready” behavior. It seems this very bright person did not seem to get anything meaningful done. The results were always, “just around the corner”.

I told her about the young man who was sent out to get a deer for dinner to feed his family. When he returned just after dark he brought back a small rabbit. It turns out, he could not find a deer in the woods. So, rather than return empty handed he shot a rabbit.

At least the family get to have dinner and did not go hungry since he did not spend all his time on the computer using Google to find out what a deer is!

Far too many people spend entirely too much time trying to get the deer and go hungry in doing so.